The Act of Killing
2012-11-01| 159 min
After befriending documentarian Joshua Oppenheimer, former Indonesian death squad leaders reenact their real-life mass killings in the style of various American film genres. As they recreate their past atrocities, the line between reality and performance blurs, exposing the lingering impact of Indonesia's 1965-66 anti-communist purge and the unsettling psychology of its perpetrators.
Genres
DocumentaryHistory
Cast
Anwar Congo
Herman Koto
Syamsul Arifin
Ibrahim Sinik
Yapto Soerjosoemarno
Safit Pardede
Jusuf Kalla
Adi Zulkadry
Suryono
Haji Marzuki
Haji Anif
Rahmat Shah
Sakhyan Asmara
Soaduon Siregar
